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In 1999, Spalding became pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in La Grange, Kentucky. He would remain at Immaculate Conception for the next 12 years. [2] Bishop Joseph Kurtz in 2011 appointed Spalding as vicar general and pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Louisville that year. Spalding gave up his roles as judicial vicar and pastor of ...
After Flaget's death in 1850, Spalding automatically succeeded him as bishop of Louisville. When Spalding became bishop, the diocese had a Catholic population exceeding 30,000, with 43 churches, ten chapels, and 40 priests. [12] One of his first acts was to visit every parish, school and other Catholic institution in the diocese.
Martin John Spalding (May 23, 1810 – February 7, 1872) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1864 to 1872. He previously served as Bishop of Louisville from 1850 to 1864.
Spalding recruited priests for the archdiocese from All Hallows College in Ireland and the American College at Louvain in Belgium [30] He also organized the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul as well as the Association of St. Joseph, a society for the care of impoverished girls. [39]
John Lancaster Spalding (June 2, 1840 – August 25, 1916) was an American Catholic author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first Bishop of Peoria from 1877 to 1908. He was also a co-founder of The Catholic University of America .
However, Bishop Flaget died on February 11, 1850, a few months after the laying of the cornerstone for the new church building. His remains rest today in a chapel in the cathedral undercroft. The project begun by Bishop Flaget was completed by Bishop Martin John Spalding, the second Bishop of Louisville.
It also detailed how the church's pastor, Bishop Joseph Walker III, was making about $2.5 million per year and the church provided lavish perks like a personal chef every Sunday, to the cost of ...
The town of Spalding, named after Bishop Spalding, was established in 1881, and a small frame church was built the following year and dedicated to St. Michael. The community soon outgrew the frame church, and a new brick church was built in 1890. It was dedicated by Richard Scannell, Bishop of Omaha on June 9, 1891.